Awards

Following are application deadlines for awards, honors, and
contests available to teachers. Asterisks (*) denote new
entries.

June 1 EARLY CHILDHOODScholastic announces its Early
Childhood Professional Awards for professionals using creativity and
innovation to help young children develop and learn. Parents nominate
teachers in six categories: infant teacher, toddler teacher, preschool
teacher, kindergarten teacher, family child-care provider, and
director. A panel of early development experts and respected advisers
from the field selects the finalists. The grand-prize winners are
honored at the National Association for the Education of Young Children
conference. Prizes include round-trip tickets to attend, $2,000 worth
of Scholastic products, and a feature story in Early Childhood Today.
Contact: Scholastic Inc., Early Childhood Today magazine, 557 Broadway,
New York, NY 10012; (212) 343-4559; e- mail [email protected];
www.scholastic.com/parentandchild.

June 1 FIRE PROTECTIONThe National Fire Protection
Association and the family of Rhea Reiss, a longtime advocate for fire
safety education, seek nominations for the fifth annual NFPA Teacher of
the Year Award. Full- or part-time classroom teachers or day-care
providers in public, private, or parochial school systems that have
used the NFPA's Risk Watch and/or Learn Not to Burn educational
materials are eligible. One grand-prize winner and the individual who
nominates him or her receive educational materials and an expenses-paid
trip to the NFPA's fall conference in Dallas. For more information,
contact: Amy Shadrick, NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, P.O. Box 9101,
Quincy, MA 02269; (617) 984-7285; e-mail [email protected]; www.nfpa.org.

June 1 SOCIAL STUDIESThe National Council for the
Social Studies announces two research-based awards. The Exemplary
Research in Social Studies Award acknowledges and encourages scholarly
inquiry into significant issues and possibilities for social studies
education. Eligible research must have been published between June 2000
and May 2001 and satisfy a number of other criteria. The Jean Dresden
Grambs Distinguished Career Research in Social Studies Award recognizes
professionals who have made extensive contributions to knowledge in
significant areas of social studies education through meritorious
research. The award for each includes a commemorative gift, annual
conference presentation session, and publicity. For moreinformation,
contact: NCSS, 3501 Newark St. N.W., Washington, DC 20016-3167; (800)
296-7840, ext. 114; e-mail [email protected]; www.ncss.org/awards/home.html.

June 30 OUTSTANDING TEACHERSUSA Today seeks nominations
for the All-USA Teacher Team. The 20 teachers chosen for the First Team
are featured in the newspaper and receive trophies; their schools get
$2,500. Second- and Third-Team teachers also are mentioned. All
nominees must be certified K-12 teachers in the 2000-01 school year,
have four years of full-time teaching experience, and meet other
criteria. Self- nominations are not accepted. Contact: Carol Skalski,
USA Today, 1000 Wilson Blvd., 10th Floor, Arlington, VA 22229; (800)
872-2216; www.usatoday.com/li
fe/academic/2001/tintro.htm.

*July 1 JOURNALISMThe Dow Jones Newspaper Fund seeks
applicants for its National High School Journalism Teacher Awards
Program. The program selects the National High School Journalism
Teacher of the Year, who acts as a spokesperson for scholastic
journalism; four Distinguished Advisers; and several Special
Recognition winners. Nominees must have at least three years of
experience teaching or advising high school journalists; they also must
have taught or advised during the 2000-01 academic year and plan to
continue teaching or advising in 2001-02. The Teacher of the Year
receives a laptop computer, and a senior student at the winner's school
is eligible for a $1,000 college scholarship. For more information,
contact: Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, P.O. Box 300, Princeton, NJ
08543-0300; (609) 452-2820; www.dowjones.com/newsfund.

*July 31 ECONOMICSThe NASDAQ Educational Foundation and
the National Council on Economic Education announce the National
Teaching Awards for high school teachers who incorporate economic
education into any subject area. Regional and national awards are
presented to the most creative, original, and effectual efforts to
apply economic content and reasoning skills to financial markets,
personal finance, entrepreneurship, the market economy, the capital
formation process, or the investment process. Any 9th through 12th
grade teacher in the United States may enter. Five regional winners
receive $10,000 and the opportunity to compete for both an additional
$15,000 and the title of Grand National Winner; 20 regional
semifinalists are awarded $1,000 each. Entry forms are available
online. For more information, contact: National Council on Economic
Education, 1140 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036; (800)
338-1192; e-mail [email protected];
www.ncee.net/nasdaq.

*July 31 TEACHER OF THE YEARChadwick's of Boston, an
off-price fashion catalog, seeks nominations for its National Teacher
of the Year Award. To nominate a K-12 teacher, print or type no more
than 250 words outlining how the candidate contributes to the
community, school, or students. Four regional winners each receive $250
and a $250 Chadwick's of Boston certificate. A national winner receives
an additional $1,000 and is featured in a Chadwick's of Boston catalog.
For more information, contact: Chadwick's of Boston, Teacher of the
Year Award, 946 Great Plain Ave., P.O. Box 151, Needham, MA 02492;
e-mail [email protected].

*August 1 BIOLOGYBiological Sciences Curriculum Study,
a nonprofit curriculum developer, seeks applications for its two 2001
Teacher of the Year Awards. One teacher with more than five years'
experience and one teacher with less than six years' experience each
receive $1,000, $500 in travel expenses to the National Association of
Biology Teachers convention in Montreal, and $1,000 to upgrade their
schools' biology labs. Applicants must use one of BSCS's three
full-year high school programs and teach in a manner that embodies the
BSCS approach to inquiry, conceptual learning, and the nature and
methods of science. For more information, contact: Linda Ward, 5415
Mark Dabling Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80918; (719) 531-5167, ext.
135; e-mail [email protected];
www.bscs.org.

*August 1 TEACHER EDUCATION
The Association of Teacher Educators seeks applicants for its
Distinguished Dissertation in Teacher Education Award, which honors the
author of an outstanding doctoral dissertation related to teacher
education. The winner receives a monetary award supported by a grant
from the ATE Leadership Foundation for Teacher Education, a plaque, and
national recognition. Candidates must have completed their doctoral
dissertation within the past two years at an accredited college or
university. For more information, contact: Margaret Benson, East
Stroudsburg University, 200 Prospect St., East Stroudsburg, PA 18301;
(570) 422-3367; e- mail [email protected]; www.siu.edu/departments/coe/ate.

*August 1 TEACHER RESEARCHThe Association of Teacher
Educators has established the Distinguished Research in Teacher
Education Awards to recognize and encourage outstanding studies of
teacher education and/or student learning. Individuals involved in
teacher education may submit papers published or accepted for
publication within the past two years or papers of comparable quality.
Entries are judged on many factors, including investigative rationale
and adequacy of research. Two winners receive a plaque and recognition
at the ATE's national conference. Contact: Sally Botzler, Department of
Education, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521; (707) 826-5869;
fax (707) 826- 5868; e-mail [email protected].

—Marisha Goldhamer

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